Many thanks to my colleague Andrew Baluch for his contributions to this article. One of the provisions of the Innovation Act introduced by Congressman Goodlatte (R-VA) on October 23, 2014, purports to codify the doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting for applications and patents examined under the first-inventor-to-file regime. However, the proposed statutory language appears to both … Continue reading this entry Tags: Goodlatte,Innovation Act,Obviousness Type Double Patenting